Lincoln, Gen. Benjamin, 495-497, 495,

note.

Lincoln Birthday Association, 612-616,
619.

Lindley, Jacob, on the Niagara in

1793, 168; his "Journal," an ac-
count of his "religious visit" to the
Friends in Canada, and to Indians
on Buffalo Creek, in 1797, 169-180;
at Indian conference with U. S.
commissioners, 1793, 497, note.
Little Beard, 103, 105; appeals for
teacher for his people, 141, 290;
summoned to council by Proctor,
1791, 489; his mark, 493, note.
Little Beard's Creek, 483.
Little Beard's Reservation, bought by
Jones, Phelps and Bronson, 503.
Little Beard's Town, 105, 389, 418.
422, 447, 456, 461, 465; council of
1784, 468; council of 1789, 481;
mentioned, 484, note, 519.
"Little Ben," ship, 50, 54, 56.
Little Billy, 118, 476, 537, 540.
Little Falls, N. Y., home of John Por-
teous, 47, note, 84.

Little Johnson, 139, 283.

Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough,
385.

Little Niagara, trading-post established
by Stirling, 36-38; Stedman house
on site of old French barracks, 44.
Livingston, John, 475-478, 486.
Livingston, Peter Van Brugh, 39 and
note. See also Rutherford, Dun-
can & Co.

Livingston, Philip, 39, note.

Livingston, William, Gov. of N. J..
39 and note.

Livingston, Rutherford & Syme, De-
troit, 27, 44.

Livingston Co., N. Y., 493.
Livingston County Historical Society,
459, note, 499, note.

Livingston Republican quoted, 512.
Lockwood, Hon. Daniel N., address at

dedication of Buffalo Historical So-
ciety building, 609-612.
Lockwood, Mrs. Sally, 380.

Logan, Mrs., mother of Saul Logan,
380.

Logan, Mrs. Saul, 380.

London, Canada, visited by Rev. Da-

vid Bacon, 1801, 186.

Long Board, 193.

"Long House.' See Iroquois Indians.
Long Point, Ont., 212.

Lord, Rev. Dr. John C., 607.

Lord collection, Buffalo Historical So-
ciety, 608, 620.

Lord's Prayer translated into Seneca
by J. B. Hyde, 131; in Tuscarora
verse, 159.

Lothrop, Samuel K., "Life of Samuel
Kirkland," quoted, 165, 166.
Lovett, Margaret (Mrs. H. J. Hewitt),
526.

Low, Esther Rutgers. See Reming-
ton, Mrs. Esther R. L.
Low, John, 275, note.

379.

Mackinac, 22, 25, 31, 32, 78.

McKinley, Wm., 612, 621.

McKinstry, John, 481.

Mackumber, Caleb, 172.

McLane, S. W., 380.

McLane, Mrs. S. W., 380.
McLaughlin, Prof. A. C., 47, note.
McLean, Dond., 63.

McLean, Mrs. Mary Herkimer, mar-
riage to Robert Hamilton, 84.
McMaster, G. H., "History of the
settlement of Steuben Co." cited,
511, note.
Macmillan

Co., courtesy acknowl-
edged, 47, note.

Madelaine Island, Lake Superior, Ot-
tawa mission, 18.

Mahoning Creek, 180.

Maiden Creek meeting of Friends,
1797, 169.

Mansfield, Conn., 184.

Mansion House, Buffalo, 541.

Mark, St., Gospel of, translated into
Seneca, 160.

Markham, Wm., 478.

Marriage among the Senecas, without

ceremony, 189-190;

Christian cere.

mony, 137, 280 and note, 327-330.
"Mars,' privateer, 59.
Marsh, Joseph and Anna, 174.
Marshall, O. H., "The Niagara fron-
tier" cited, 23, note; identifies lo-
cation of wreck of the "Beaver,"
29-30; "Historical writings" cited,
423, note; one of the founders of
the Buffalo Historical Society, 607.
Marshall & Harvey, Buffalo, 608.
Mason, Rev. J. M., letter to, as secre-
tary to the directors of the Mission-
ary Soc., 191-193; letter to, from
Rev. Elkanah Holmes, 194-197.

Massachusetts, claim to Iroquois ter-
ritory, 475, 477-
Massachusetts Historical Society. "Col-
lections" cited, 495, note; posses-
sion of sketch of Buffalo Creek con-
ference with Gen. Lincoln, 1793,
495, note; Pickering papers cred-
ited, 514, note.

"Massillon," vessel, 14, note.
Mathews, James, 482.

Matthew Laflin Memorial, Chicago,
623.

Matthew, St., Gospel of, translated
into Seneca, 160.

Maude, John, visit to Queenston, 1800,
79; Visit to the Falls of Niagara
in 1800," quoted, 79 and note.
Maurepas, Marquis de, 18.
Meacham, George, 613.
Meacham, George C., 613.
Mecklenburgh, Upper Canada, 82.
Meginness, J. F., "History of the
West Branch of the Susquehanna,"
cited, 400, note.
Melick, Peter, 440.
Mendenhall, Moses, 169.
Mennonists, near Niagara, Ont., 227.
Menomonee Indians, 537.

Mental Elevator, periodical printed at
Seneca Mission, Buffalo Creek, 158-

Minard, John S., 440, note.

"Col-

Minnesota Historical Society.
lections" cited, 18, note.
Missionary Herald cited, 150, note,
153 and notes, 155, note, 379.
Missionary Society of Connecticut,

181; Rev. David Bacon sent to visit
Indian tribes on Lake Erie, 183-186.
Missions to the Indians, "Seneca mis-
sion at Buffalo Creek," 125-161;
"Narratives of early mission work
on the Niagara frontier and Buf-
falo Creek," 163-380; note on
earliest missionaries, 181-182.
Mississaga Point. See Newark.

"Mississippi," steamship, 5.
Mitchell, J. [I.?], 51.

Mitchell, Robert, 481.

Mobile, schooner "Republican" at, 14,
Mohawk, John, 104;

expedition to

suit of Van Campen, 456-458; his
tomahawk, 458-459 and note.
Mohawk Indians, remonstrate against
encroachment by whites, 41;

guar-

dians of eastern door of the Long
House, 98, 114, 121; at last Indian
council on the Genesee, 107-121;
emigration to Grand River, Canada,
108, 116; enmity toward Senecas,
108-109; effect of education upon
them, 200; visited at Grand River
by Covell and Warren, 1803, 212;
progress, 246-247; clans, 415; ге-
ceive Grand River tract, 467; mur-
der of sons of Horatio Jones and
burning of Buffalo, 1813, 504; life
of Jasper Parrish with, 532-533-
Mohawk River, mill for valley trade
built by John Porteous, 93; journey
of G. T. Hopkins, 1804, 222.

Mohawk Valley, records possessed by
Andrew Langdon, 47, note.
Mohegan (Muhheconnuk)

Indians,

195, 198; effect of education upon
them, 200.

"Molly," ship, 57.

Monckton, Brig.-Gen. Robert, 20-22,

37.

Monroe Co., N. Y., 493.

Monsie Indians. See Munsey Indians.
Montresor, James, mentioned, 23.
Montresor, Capt. John, 27;

or.

rescue of
crew of the "Beaver," 28-29;
dered to construct defensive works,
Niagara portage and Navy Island,
1764, 30; his journal quoted, 31;
use of "cradles" for hoisting goods
at Lewiston, 78.

Moore, Daniel, 620.

Moore, Jeremy, 174, 175.
Moore, Joseph, 168, 497, note.
Moore, Lydia, 380.

Moore, Mary, 620.

Moravian missions, 181.

Morgan, H. M., printer at Cattarau-
gus Reservation, 160.

Morgan, Dr. Lewis H., cited, 404.

note; his Indian name, 464, note;
cited, 465. note.

"Morocco, From Lake Erie to." 1-14.
Morris, Robert. Ebenezer Allan's tract
included in his purchase, 493-494;
purchase of Indian lands west of
the Genesee, 499.

Morris Purchase. See Morris, Robert.
Morse, Rev. Jedidiah, 269, note; “Re-
port to the Secretary of War

on Indians affairs," cited, 270, note.
Moscow, N. Y., 509.
Mosher's Tavern, 180.
Mounsh, Captain, 425, 426, 528, 529.
Mount Morris, N. Y., 101, 489; loss
of Ebenezer Allen's tract, 493-494-
Mountpleasant, John, 427, note.
Muhheconnuk. See Mohegan.
Munsey Indians, 497; capture Jasper
Parrish, 527.

Murderers' Spring, near the Ridge
Road, N. Y., 488.

Murray, Hon. Charles Augustus,
quoted, 506-507 and note.
Murray, Col., Btsh., lands at Five
Mile Meadows, 1813, 504.
Murray Hill, near Mt. Morris, home
of Tall Chief, 114.
"Muse of Niagara," painting by Tabor
Sears, 621.

Music, fondness of Indians for, 261-

262 and note, 270, 278, 304, 323.
Muskegon, Mich., Lincoln statue, 614.
"Narratives of early mission work on
the Niagara and Buffalo Creek,"
165-378.

Nassau, Upper Canada, 82.

"Navy Island and the first successors
to the Griffon," 17-33.
Navy Island, called Isle-la-Marine by
the French and Ga-o'-wah-ge-waah
by the Senecas, 23; navy-yard, 30-
31; ship burnt, 1766, 32; shipyard
visited by Sir Wm. Johnson, 1761,
36.

"Ne

Jaguhnigoagesgwathah,"

mental elevator," 158.
Neilson, John, 69.

Nelles, Lt. Robert, 390;

"The

commands

expedition to Pennsylvania, 391-415;
captures Moses Van Campen, 451-
456; aids captives, 462.
Nelles, Capt., 390, 391.

Neutral Nation. See Kah-Kwas.
New Arrow, mission to Philadelphia,
1790, 486-487; trouble with Penn-
sylvania militia, capture and release,

490-491.

New Stockbridge, 190.

New York Baptist Association recom-
mends Rev. Elkanah Holmes for
western mission, 187-188.

New York City, schooner "Republi-
can" at, 13-14.

New York Committee of One Hun-
dred, 1775, 39, note.

New York Genesee Land Co., 475-481.
New York Missionary Society, mis.
sionaries and teachers sent to Tus-
caroras and Senecas, 125-137, 182,
250-251; Seneca mission transferred
to United Foreign Missionary So-
ciety, 138; Rev. Elkanah Holmes
sent on mission to western Indians,
187-204; address of the Tuscarora
chiefs to, 1800, 191-193; commis-
sioners sent to investigate mission
at Buffalo Creek, 262; James C.
Crane appointed to Tuscarora mis-
sion, 330, note; Rev. T. S. Harris
sent to Buffalo Creek Reservation,
378, note; his journals, 281-378.
New York State, acquirement of title
of Indian lands, 468-470, 474-483,
493; payment of Indian annuities
at Buffalo, 539-546; revised sta-
tutes, extracts from v. i., pt. 1, ch.
20, title 8, published at Buffalo
Creek Reservation, 159.

New York State building at Pan-
American Exposition, history of,
610-612.

Newbery, Pa., 170.

Newhall, Rebecca, 150, 157.
Newtown (Elmira), N. Y., 494, 503;
battle near, 531.

Newtown Point, N. Y., treaty at, 534.
Niagara, Presbytery of, employment
of J. B. Hyde, 274.

Niagara Falls, visited by English ar-
tist, John Maude, 1800, 79; visited
by Capt. Patrick Campbell, 1791,
79-80; visited by the Duke of Kent,
1792, 80; passed by Jacob Lindley,
174-175; visited by Rev. David
Bacon, 1801, 186; visit of Gerard
T. Hopkins, 1804, 219-220; visited
by Rev. Joseph Avery, 1805, 227;
visit of Miss Esther Low, 1819, 276-
277; first house and taverns, 277,
note; visited by Gen. Benj. Lin-
coln, 1793, 495.

Niagara, Fort. See Fort Niagara.
Niagara frontier, "Narratives of early
mission work," 163-380.

Niagara Genesee Land Co., 475-481.
Niagara, Ont., residence of Rev. Rob-
ert Addison, 214; Gen. Benj. Lin-
coln at Indian council, 1793, 496.
Niagara-on-the-Lake. See Newark.
Niagara portage, Montresor ordered
to construct defensive works, 30;
"The Niagara portage and its first
attempted settlement under British
rule," 35-45; trade, 1779-1796, 75-
78; Canadian portage, 78, 79, 81.
Niagara River, early sailing vessels,
17-33; beginning of fruit orchards,
94;
first Protestant service on its
banks, 165, note; visited by Qua-
kers in 1793, 168; river and whirl-
pool visited by Jacob Lindley, 1797,
174-176; settlements described by
Rev. Lemuel Covell in 1803, 214-
Fort
four-mile strip from
Schlosser to Buffalo Creek granted
by Senecas to government for a
road, 1794, 498: Jones and Par-
rish tracts, Buffalo, 501, 502.
Niagara River, the Mile Strip, 502,
536; islands sold to New York
State by the Senecas, 537, 539.
Niagara River, "West Landing."
Queenston.

215;

Niehaus, Charles H., 614, 619.
Nis-hä-ne-a-nent, 464.

Noh-Sabl. See Shanks, John.
Norris' Landing, Seneca Lake, 494.

See

Northern Missionary Society in the
State of New York, 269, note.
Northumberland, Pa., 451, 454.
"Notre Dame," brig, 60.

Noye, Richard K., summer residence,
"Halcyon," at Queenston, 79.
Nunda, N. Y., 490.

O'Bail, John. See Cornplanter.
O'Bail, Solomon (Ho-way-no-ah),
speech at last Indian council on the
Genesee, 115-117.

O'Callaghan, E. B., comp. "Docu-
mentary history of the State of
N. Y." cited, 32, 40.
O'Callaghan, E. B., ed.

"Documents

relative to the colonial history of
the State of N. Y." cited, 19, 41
and note, 42 and note; 44, note.
Ocracock harbour, 60, 62.
O'Donnell, Leopold, 7, note.
O'Friel's Ridge, 395.
Ogden, W. D., 292.

Ogden Land Co., purchase of the

Buffalo Creek and Tonawanda res-
ervations, 160-161, 291-293.
"Official return July 30, 1778, of all

vessels built on the lakes since the
year 1759" cited, 26, 30-33.
Ogilvie, Rev. John, sketch, 165, note.
Ohio River, proposed by northwestern
Indians as boundary of their pos-
sessions, 1793, 496, note, 497.

Oil Creek, Pa., 490.

"Old Caneadea council house and its
last council fire," 97-123.
Old Castle, Seneca Lake.
desaga, N. Y.

Old Smoke, 471.

See Kane-

Old South Church, 614.
Olmsted, Mrs. Frederick Law, 521,
note, 526.

One Hundredth Regiment, N. Y. S.
V., G. S. Hazard's ms. history, 626-
627.

Oneida Indians, 98, 114; neutral dur-
ing American Revolution, 100; Rev.
Samuel Kirkland missionary to, 166;
effect of education upon them, 200;
religion and civilization, 247-248;
clans, 415; lease of lands. 475; sale
of lands to New York State, 478;
at conference with U. S. commis-
sioners, 1793, 497, note; confirmed
in their lands, 1794, 498; friendly
disposition, 535; receive annuities
from N. Y. State, 539-544.
Onondaga Indians, in the Iroquois
confederacy, 98-114; village near
Lower Ebenezer, 128; those at Buf-
falo Creek Reservation agree to re-
ceive missionary teachers, 132-133;
consent to receive settled minister at
Buffalo Creek, 137; life at the mis.
sion, 157;
seen at Buffalo Creek
by Jacob Lindley, 1797, 176; re-
pulse missionaries, 247; consent to
receive missionary teachers, 262;
clans, 415; sale of lands to New
York State, 478; confirmed in their

Parker, Commodore Sir Hyde, 53.
Parker, Gen. Ely S., brother of Nich-
olson H. Parker, 109.

Parker, Sergt., tortured by Indians,
422, 483.

Parker, Mrs. Martha E. Hoyt, in-
formation credited to, 128, note,
155; early life at the mission, 157;
member of Seneca mission church,
380.
Parker, Nicholson

H.

(Ga-yeh-twa-
geh), at last Indian council on the
Genesee, 109-111, 120-121.
Parkman, Francis, "Conspiracy of
Pontiac" cited, 25, note.

Parrish, Mr. (father of Jasper), 425.
Parrish, Edward, 545.
Parrish, Capt. Jasper, 118; interviews
with Missionary Harris and Red
Jacket, 140, 141, 289; mentioned,
269, note, 317, 318, 384; captured
by the Delawares, 425-426; men-
tioned, 445, 463. 493, 494: at Can-
andaigua council, 1794, 498; in ne-
gotiations for Morris Purchase.
1797, 499; receives tract of land on
Niagara River as gift from the Sen-
ecas, 500-502; witnesses instance of
frontier justice, 502-503; interprets
for Horatio Jones. 503; at sale of
Gardeau Reservation, 509; death.
512; his letters among Pickering
papers, 514, note; "Story of," 527-
538.

Parrish, John, 168, 497, note.
Parrish, Stephen, 425, note; "Sketch
of the captivity of the late Captain
Jasper Parrish" cited, 527, note.
quoted, 529, note, 532, note: per-
sonal recollections of, by Orlando
Allen, 539-546.

522.

Parsons, Mrs. Patty Childs, 276.
Patriot. See Buffalo Patriot.
Patterson, guide, 510, 511, note.
Paxson, Oliver, 170, 180.
Pemberton, James, captured by the
Delawares, 425-427; prefers Indian
life, 470.

Pence, Peter, capture and escape from
Indians, 443-445, 447.

Penman, James, 51, sketch, 58, note.
Penny, Rev. Joseph, 340.

People of the Long House. See Iro-
quois Indians.

Perkins, Dr. Henry, 525, 526.

Perkins, John, 484 and note.
Perkins, Mrs. Sarah Jones

Henry Perkins), 525, 526.

(Mrs.

Perth, Scotland, former home of John
Porteous, 47, note.

Peter, Olive, 380.

Peter, Tall. See Tall Peter.

Peter Cayantha. See Cayantha, Peter.
Peterborough, Canada, 385.
Peterson, Jesse, 620.

Phelps, Oliver, 476-482, 486-487, 493,

503.

Phelps, N. Y., first crop of corn, 480.
Phelps and Gorham Purchase, 476-482,
493.

48;

Philadelphia, partnership of John Por-
teous and John Richardson,
Seneca delegation visits President
Washington, 1790-1, 486-487.
Phillips, Albert, 524.

Phillips. Mrs. Mary Jones (Mrs. Al-
bert Philips), 524.
"Phoenix." ship. 57.

Phoenix Coffee House, Buffalo, 541.
Phyn, James, 47. note, 84.
Phyn & Ellice, Schenectady, 47, note,
84, 85.

Pickering, Col. Timothy, 494-497, 495.
note. 498, 514, note, 534 and note.
Pickering papers, Massachusetts His-
torical Soc.. credited, 514, note.
Pickering treaty. 494.
Pierce, Chas. Fisher, 380.
Pierce, Mrs. Isaac, 380.

Pierce, Julia, 380.

Pierce, Maris B. (Ha-dya-no-doh), 115.
Pierce. Mrs. Robert, 379.

Pierce's Military Academy, 385.
"Pierson." vessel, 14. note.

"Pigeon Roost," 449-451, 517-518.

Pike, Abraham, capture and escape
from Indians, 443-445.
Pilkington, Col. C. A., 495, note.
Piper, Col. John, 388, 389.

Plain Wood Co., O., 181.
Point aux Pins, probable site of first
ship-building on Lake Superior, 18;
fortification urged, 19.

Pointe du Saint Esprit, La., Ottawa
mission, 18.

Pollard, Captain, probably at Canea-
dea, 103; known by Orlando Allen,
118; sanctions Mr. Alden's preach-
ing to Senecas, 130-131; an influ-
ential Christian, 136, 139; joins the
church, 148; first burial-place, 161;
advocates Christianity, 270, note:
welcome to Missionary Harris, 283-
284; conversion of his wife, 341-
342; religious meeting at his house,
351; late meeting with Horatio
Jones, 507; signs treaty at Buffalo,
537; annuity, 540.

Pollard, Edward, 75-76, 90.
Pollard, Col. John, 379.
Pollard, Mrs. John, 379.
Pomeroy, Ralph, 541.

Pontiac, siege of Detroit, 25-27, 44.
Porteous, James, 48.

Porteous, John, sketch, 47, note, 84;
engages in privateering, 48-49; ca-
reer of the "Vengeance," 49-71; let-
ters from Robert Hamilton, 85-94;
mill for Mohawk valley trade, 93;
death, 95.

Porteous, John, & Co. 48.
Porter, Albert H., "Historical sketch
of Niagara from 1678 to 1876,"
quoted, 39-40, cited 44, note.
Porter, Augustus, first house at Ni-
agara Falls, 277, note; quoted, 502-
503 and note.

Porter, Gen. Peter B., signs treaty
with Senecas, 537.

Potter, Herman B., 150, 318, 348-349.
Poudry, captive by the Senecas, 470,

472.

Pound, Daniel and Patience, 174.
Powell, Capt., 462-463, 491.
Pratt. Pascal P., 613, 626.
"Preemptive line," 475-478.
Prentup, Billa, 193.
Prentup, George, 193.
Prentup, Wm., 193.

Presbyterian Church, first Protestant
missionary in Western N. Y., 207;
three preachers on Niagara frontier
in 1803, 215.

Presqu' Isle. See Erie, Penn.
Preston, Gen. Wm., 12-13.

Prevost, Gen. Augustine, 58, note.
Prideaux, Gen. John, burial service
undoubtedly conducted by Rev.
John Ogilvie, 165, note.

Privateer. British, in the American
revolution, 47-71.

Proctor, Col. Thomas, visit to Onon-
daga village on Cazenovia Creek,
1791. 128: official mission to west-
ern Indians, 1791, 488-492.